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# Senior Backend Engineer/Staff Engineer

- **Company:** ProphetX OpCo LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $165,000 - $210,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, C++ (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), NoSQL, Performance Tuning, Standard Sql, WebSocket, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Low Latency, Apache Kafka, Api Design, Restful APIs, Docker, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=29ebb4979223fcd1

## About the Role

* 7+ years of backend experience, with deep expertise in Go, Java, C++, or Python (Go strongly preferred)
 * Proven track record designing and operating highly scalable, low-latency, real-time distributed systems in production
 * Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven architecture (Kafka), and RESTful and WebSocket API design
 * Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL data modeling and performance tuning
 * Extensive experience with AWS or equivalent, Docker and Kubernetes, and CI/CD at scale
 * Experience with observability and incident management for production systems
 * Experience in trading, exchange, fintech, or other high-throughput transactional systems is strongly preferred
 * Demonstrated cross-team leadership and the ability to explain complex tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences
 * Strong communicator, able to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
 * Proactive, growth-focused, and highly adaptable with a strong sense of ownership

## Description

* Define and drive the technical vision and architecture for critical systems that span multiple teams.
 * Lead cross-team initiatives from design through delivery, aligning engineering, product, and compliance stakeholders.
 * Own the reliability, latency, and scalability of core exchange systems, and lead incident response and postmortems for major issues.
 * Make and document key architectural decisions, balancing innovation, risk, and regulatory requirements.
 * Break ambiguous, org-level problems into workstreams and delegate effectively to senior and junior engineers.
 * Partner with product and leadership to influence roadmap and prioritization with technical insight.
 * Proactively seek development opportunities and share knowledge with peers and junior engineers., * Own the most complex, high-impact systems behind our exchange and trading infrastructure, and set technical direction across multiple teams
 * Take on a high-impact IC role with direct influence on roadmap, architecture, and the engineering bar across the organization
 * Help scale low-latency, compliant exchange systems on a platform that's already live and regulated